Wichita eagle., 1887-11-04

out through the prints and by private
Correspondence to every quarter Of the
1 country, but as, well by the additional
| fact that accompanied the others men
/ toned, that the community was and is
! one. of law and order. And that these
things are true makes it also true that but
for the conditions that exist in Kansas,
Missouri nigh ,aye doubtless would today
number among her population very
many VINO are proud to be called citizens
of Kansas With conditions similar in
every respect in Mss ouri is it reasonable
to suppose that the multitudes who find
peaceful, contented, prosperous homes
within the borders OF our state would
have incurred the additional expense Of
means and time and fatigue and worry
Of travel 10 come hundreds of miles
further west? OF course not. The con-
trast between Missouri and Kansas in
the matter Of good order and the peace
and moral status Of society is indeed
marked, 50 much 50 as to call forth re-
marks from every one outside Of either
state whenever and wherever it is men
toned
The question that suggests itself in this
connection is: what has produced so great
a difference between the contiguous
communities? The answer is a very
simple and plain one Missouri has been
under the rule and dominion OF an ele-
ment tt3at has cared more for the
qualification Of personal ambitions
and class praferment than for the
enactment and prompt enforcement of
laws for the protection and encourage
ment Of the yirtuous and consequent
suppression OF crimes and vices and the
punishment Of the vicious. Under that
regime all manner Of outlawry has -four
ished; the bully and blackguard and
bandit have held sway, and there was
none to modest or make them afraid.
IN Kansas during the same period
affairs political have been in the hands Of
the Republican party, we might say ex-
cIu5iveiy: party whose cardinal princi-
pies have ever been everywhere the
largest personal liberty consistent with
the public good a party that has ever
been the CONSERVATION Of the peace OF the
community and welfare of the citizen;
party that has ever stood for the enact
ment and enforcement OF wholesome
laws, such as would conduce to the
betterment Of society in all its parts and
without oppression.
We have contrastcd Missouri with
Kansas, not that we rejoice
at her great misfortune in being
held under the ban of the element that
has kept her where she is in the respect
indicated, which element is sustained in
place by tie Democratic party. which |
party is in consequence responsible there
for, but we have made the contrast be- |
cause it presents conditions familiar to
every wen informed citizen and por5rays /
most wildly the advantages resulting TO /
a community where the wise and con-
sentative principles of the Republican
party and It's methods have Obtained
The platform of the Democratic party |
in Sedgwick county places that party en-
with the reign that holds sway
in Missouri. That platform is but
synonym Of lawle5sness; is equivalent to
q declaration in favor Of notification Of |
the laws enacted under the state consti- !
tuition, and Of the constitution itself.
Permit the spirit that dictated the con-
struction of that platform to but get CON /
troll Of Kansas, and the contempt Of law .
and order that renders the communities
so dominated q byword and place to be
Stunned would soon prevail here as
there. Do the good people Of Sedgrick
county desire to make the exchange?
Do they prefer lawlessness TO good order?
If so let them vote to place the Demo-
cratic party in power. IF not, their duty
is clear-vote the Republican ticket next
Tuesday.